Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4604 08 Sep 2026, 18:41

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Emergency shutdown 36 0 0 0 0 36 5 0 5 4:48.608 Passed
Feature Emergency shutdown
As a Tails user when I unplug my Tails device to trigger emergency shutdown I want the system memory to be free from sensitive data.
48.359
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 39.026
When I eject the boot medium 0.271
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
33.836
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.751
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.399
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.103
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.222

Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)

When I eject the boot medium 0.292
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.192
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.873

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1401 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
29.254
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.746
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.271
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.589
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.768
And I read the content of the test FS 0.057
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.123

Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)

When I eject the boot medium 0.201
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.634
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.862

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1402 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
52.655
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.122
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.329
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.178
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.772
And I read the content of the test FS 0.055
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.148

Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)

When I eject the boot medium 0.253
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.993
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.799

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1404 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
2:4.503
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.647
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.364
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.064
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 3.176

Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)

When I eject the boot medium 0.456
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.181
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.877

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1419 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.358
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000